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Past of the French verb écrire

The past tense conjugations for the French verb écrire, along with their English translations.

écrire is an irregular verb


Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
j'écrivaisI was writing
tu écrivaisyou were writing
il écrivaithe was writing
elle écrivaitshe was writing
nous écrivionswe were writing
vous écriviezyou were writing
ils écrivaientthey were writing
elles écrivaientthey were writing

Past Historic / Passé Simple
This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.
Scored
j'écrivisI wrote
tu écrivisyou wrote
il écrivithe wrote
elle écrivitshe wrote
nous écrivîmeswe wrote
vous écrivîtesyou wrote
ils écrivirentthey wrote
elles écrivirentthey wrote

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai écritI have written
tu as écrityou have written
il a écrithe has written
elle a écritshe has written
nous avons écritwe have written
vous avez écrityou have written
ils ont écritthey have written
elles ont écritthey have written

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